Senior Research Grants Officer - Oxford, United Kingdom - University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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Oxford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a

Senior Research Grants Officer (Maternity Cover) to join the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN). As part of the Department's busy research grants team your primary focus will be to support the department and Principal Investigators with the management and reporting of awarded projects. You will work with colleagues in the professional services, NDCN researchers and contacts across and outside the University to monitor the progress of NDCN's large volume of research projects throughout their lifetime to closure (currently the portfolio is over £100M). You will use reports from Oracle and X5, combined with discussions with NDCN researchers and administrative colleagues to gather and assess information on projects in order to ensure that they are run in an effective and compliant manner.

You will be a primary point of contact for queries from Principal Investigators and research staff, regularly attending meetings to communicate key information or to answer questions from researchers, directing queries or relaying information to relevant administrative contacts, and escalating issues to the Research Grants Manager for further advice or guidance.

To be effective you will have strong teamwork, written and oral communication skills, the ability to plan and manage multiple priorities and demands, and develop sound knowledge of key funder's criteria both pre and post award.

Training will be provided to enable you to develop and succeed in the role.

Please see the below 'Job Description' for more details on the responsibilities and selection criteria, as well as further information about the university and how to apply.

This post is to cover the absence of the substantive postholder, who is taking a period of maternity leave. The post is available for 1 year in the first instance.
**Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter.